Police: Man falsely claimed child was missing

11:33 PM,
May 9, 2012

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MUNCIE -- A Boone County man's report that he had lost his 5-year-old son while they were walking with their dog on the Ball State University campus prompted an hour-long search of the area Monday afternoon by BSU and city police, along with Delaware County sheriff's deputies.

Ball State students and employees also received emails and text messages from the university asking them to contact police if they saw the missing child.

The search came to an abrupt end, however, after authorities determined the child was with his mother in Lebanon -- the Boone County city, not the Middle Eastern ...